Altria, which makes Marlboro cigarettes, is investing $2.4 billion in Cronos Group, a Canadian marijuana company, which will give it a 45 percent ownership stake, with an option to pay another $1.4 billion to increase its ownership to 55 percent.
Read moreA Dutch appeals court on Thursday refused to order public prosecutors to open a criminal investigation of tobacco companies, in a major setback for anti-smoking activists.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit affirmed a $24 million judgment Monday against Phillip Morris for the death of a smoker.
Read moreA trove of documents implicating junk food companies in disease and linking them to the tobacco industry unveiled at the University of California, San Francisco, on Thursday could drive new legislation and litigation limiting the availability of unhealthy foods, some experts say.
Read moreA top U.S. health official on Thursday pledged to try to ban menthol from regular cigarettes, outlaw flavors in all cigars, and tighten rules regarding the sale of most flavored versions of electronic cigarettes.
Read moreJuul Labs defrauds the public about the nicotine levels in its vaping products, and their “narcotic,” addictive and dangerous effects, a class claims in Miami-Dade County Court.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday dismissed all but one defamation claims brought by an Ohio State University cancer researcher related to a New York Times article that provoked online readers to roast him in the comments section by calling him a “con man,” “crook” and a “cockroach.”
Read moreGiving consumers the chance to amend a class action against e-cigarette maker JUUL Labs, a federal judge dismissed claims of falsely advertising and labeling, but let stand the claim that JUUL misrepresents the amount of nicotine in its vapor pods as 5 percent, rather than 6.2 percent.
Read moreScientists have found a modified enzyme tested on rats could help smokers kick their dependence on nicotine.
Read moreWarning that e-cigarettes use by minors has reached “epidemic proportions,” the FDA imposed fines Wednesday and sent warning letters to 1,300 retailers that sell vaping devices.
Read moreCasting federal restrictions on e-cigarette advertising and sales as an existential threat, a trade group for the vaping industry urged the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to block a rule change by the Food and Drug Administration.
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(CN) – Philip Morris executives sold off millions of dollars stock while withholding information about the company’s stagnant sales, investors
Read moreA federal judge in Massachusetts ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to stop delaying the implementation of graphic warning labels on cigarette packs.
Read moreThe Bay Area Small Merchants Chamber of Commerce claims in a federal complaint that Oakland’s ban against the sale of flavored tobacco products violates its members’ civil rights.
Read moreAttorneys for cigarette giant Philip Morris asked the 11th Circuit on Wednesday to order a new trial after a jury awarded $20 million in punitive damages to a former smoker who claimed her decision to take up the habit was influenced by the company’s ads.
Read moreJapan on Wednesday approved its first national legislation banning smoking inside of public facilities, but the watered-down measure excludes many restaurants and bars and is seen as toothless.
Read moreCigar and pipe tobacco companies will not have to add health warning statements to their products on August 10, a federal judge has ruled.
Read moreA European advocate general on Wednesday recommended that the EU keep its prohibition on the sale of flavored tobacco and tobacco products, including the ban on labels that indicate what flavor they contain.
Read moreA woman whose parents burned to death in a nursing home fire claims in court that enforcement of the nonsmoking policy could have prevented the carnage.
Read moreAlcohol and tobacco use shaved more than a quarter of a billion years off our lives collectively in 2015 – and illicit drugs burned tens of millions more, according to a new study.
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